Discovering Tut the Saga Continues by AR Willaims - (11th Class English) For Complete notes of 11th class English including all sections. Watsapp on 8799733077 Video tags discovering tut the saga continues summary, discovering tut the saga continues, discovering tut the saga continues 11 english, discovering tut the saga continues complete summary, discovering tut the saga continues questions answers, discovering tut the saga continues summary hindi, discovering tut summary in hindi, ar willaims, goodwill education discovering tut the saga hindi analysis, hornbill chapter 3, 11 english chapter 3, tutkhamun, hornbill, About the chapter Tutankhamun was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptians gave their kings the tittle of pharaoh. Tutankhamun lived from 1370 B.C to 1352 B.C. his original name was tutankhaten.he changed his name to Tutankhamun, which means “living image of amun”. He brought back all the all the old laws and way of life. He ruled for about nine years ---and then died unexpectedly. He was the last heir of powerful family that had ruled Egypt. For centuries, his death meant the end of dynasty. Thus, his death was a big event in history. It is even thought that he could have been murdered. His tomb was discovered in 1922 by the British archaeologist, Haward Carter. The solidified resins had cemented tut to the bottom of his solid gold coffin. Carter tried to loosen the resins in the heat of the sun. For several time, he put the mummy in blazing sunshine. But it made no difference at all. At last he had to choose the chisel to raise the king’s remains from the coffin. Carter’s men removed the mummy head and severed nearly every major point. Then they reassembled the parts on a layer of sand on a wooden box. They used pads in order to conceal the damage. Zahi hawass, the secretary general of Egypt’s supreme council of antiquities, thought carter had damaged the mummy. That was why his investigation was resented. Questions which are discussed in the chapter. Q1. Who was Tutkhamun? Answer: -Tutkhamun was the last pharaoh of the 13th dynasty in Egypt. He was the last son of ruling king Akhnaten whose real name was Amhenotop-4. Tutkhamun had become the king at the age of 8 years and died at the age of 18 years. His reign lasted for 10 years. Q2. Who was Haward Carter and how did he become famous? Answer: - Haward carter was a British Archaeologist who became famous for his discovery of complete intact tomb of the young pharaoh Tutkhamun from the Valley of the Kings in 1920 and later he discovered the mummy of Tutkhamun in 1922. When it was not possible to bring out of the dead body of the pharaoh out of the coffin because of a hard resin, so he decided to cut mummy into the pieces for which he was criticized. Q3. How does the saga of Tutkhamun’s discovery still continue? Answer: - After a long time of Tut’s discovery, it was not perfectly clear that what could be the actual reason behind the death of little pharaoh. It is considered that he might have been assassinated or died of a disease. Therefore the saga still continues. Q4.Why did Tut’s mummy have to go under C.T. scan? Answer: -The mummy of the king Tut had earned worldwide fame for the riches which it was buried with. Further there was a great curiosity to know about the manner of his death. Keeping in view, this controversy. King Tut`s body was ordered to be scanned through C.T- scan to determine the secret of his life and death. Please share and subscribe our channel for more videos !

• published: 11 Oct 2018
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